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Locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma

Labib, PLZ; Davidson, B; Sharma, RA; Pereira, SP; (2017) Locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatic Oncology , 4 (4) pp. 99-109. 10.2217/hep-2017-0014. Green open access

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Abstract

Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tract. Complete surgical resection can be curative, but the majority of patients are diagnosed with advanced disease and usually die within a year of diagnosis. Most deaths are attributable to local disease progression rather than distant metastases, supporting the use of locoregional therapies. There is evidence that locoregional therapies can provide local tumor control resulting in increased survival while avoiding some of the side effects of systemic treatments, increasing potential treatment options for patients who may be unsuitable for systemic palliative treatments. This review considers the evidence for locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma, which can be classified into endoscopic, vascular, percutaneous and radiation oncological therapies. Current guidelines do not recommend the routine use of locoregional therapies due to a lack of prospective data, but the results of ongoing trials are likely to increase the evidence base and impact on clinical practice.

Type: Article
Title: Locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.2217/hep-2017-0014
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.2217/hep-2017-0014
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2017 Future Medicine Ltd. Open access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: ablation techniques,brachytherapy, cholangiocarcinoma, cholangiopancreatography, embolization, endoscopic retrograde, endosonography, photochemotherapy,  proton therapy,  radiotherapy,  stents,  therapeutic
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10040381
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